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Definition of brood

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Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..

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Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..

Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.

Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.

Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..

Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.

Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.

Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..

Melancholia :: Melancholia (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas..

Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..